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6 reasons 2026 could finally be the year of desktop Linux—for real this time  How-To Geek

Similar to AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs where there was product overlap between the Radeon and AMDGPU kernel drivers (and now using AMDGPU by default for those aging Radeon GPUs with Linux 6.19), the Intel Arc A-Series "Alchenist" graphics cards are in a similar boat. By default the Alchemist and Meteor Lake graphics use the i915 kernel driver by default but they can optionally use the Xe kernel driver instead as what is Intel's modern open-source kernel graphics driver. As part of our various year end 2025 benchmarks, today is a look at the current i915 vs. Xe driver performance for the Intel Arc Graphics A580.

Intel Xe vs. i915 Driver Performance On Linux 6.19 For Arc Alchemist GPUs  Phoronix

Fedora Linux this year continued in punctually shipping the very latest upstream Linux innovations from the freshest Wayland components to Linux kernel features and continuing to leverage other improvements in the open-source world...

5 Linux distros that work with Windows Secure Boot—and how to choose the right one  How-To Geek

5 best Windows-like Linux desktops for a familiar look and feel  How-To Geek

Ahead of Intel Core Ultra "Panther Lake" laptops expected to be showcased in just over one week at CES in Las Vegas, new Xe3_LPD firmware binaries were upstreamed today to linux-firmware.git in getting ready that production-ready support for Intel Panther Lake on Linux...

New Intel Xe3_LPD Firmware Binaries For Linux Ahead Of Panther Lake Laptops Launching  Phoronix

CrunchBang Linux Lives on With GreenBang  The New Stack

I made Linux Mint look like macOS with these tweaks  How-To Geek

Nvidia 590 Driver Drops Pascal GPU Support, Breaks Arch Linux Systems  WebProNews

4 Linux terminal text editors I use instead of nano  How-To Geek

Schleswig-Holstein will save €15 million in 2026 by dropping Microsoft software in favor of free Linux by  ProVideo Coalition

7 reasons learning the Linux terminal is worth it (even for beginners)  How-To Geek

Within the mainline Linux kernel already is the SteelSeries HID driver for supporting basic battery monitoring on the Arctis 1 and Arctis 9 gaming headsets. But a new patch series posted this morning to the Linux kernel mailing list overhaul this SteelSeries HID driver support. The patches take the support to 25+ different Arctis headset models and provide more comprehensive driver support...

New Patches Bring Linux Driver Support To 25+ SteelSeries Arctis Gaming Headsets  Phoronix

Why Stop Linux Distro Hopping: Embrace Stability and Productivity  WebProNews

The This Week In Plasma series written by KDE developer Nate Graham has been a great way to keep-up with all of the interesting KDE Plasma desktop developments over the past eight years. This Week In Plasma is regularly featured on Phoronix and always provides an interesting weekend look at the very newest innovations to land in Plasma. Unfortunately, This Week In Plasma will become less frequent or even go on hiatus without new volunteer contributors...

Fish 4.3 is out today as the newest update to this user-friendly command line shell. Fish 4.0 released at the beginning of this year in porting the codebase from C++ to Rust and now before closing out 2025 they have out Fish 4.3...

10 Hyprland Dotfiles to Transform Your Linux Desktop Bautifully  It's FOSS